Did you know that the International Clarinet Association has a Resource Library with hundreds of clarinet scores and music available to any current ICA member? The ICA Resource Library is housed at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library at the University of Maryland. The library features a large collection of clarinet music and resource materials available exclusively to ICA members. Members can visit the library or borrow materials from the collection by mail.   Here are all the steps so you can start browsing and borrowing some of these clarinet treasures. (These steps can also be found on the ICA website under the Resource Library tabRead More →

Part of the ICA mission is to create a community of clarinetists from around the world. We would like to start an initiative to find clarinetists from every country in the world and feature clarinetists from as many countries as possible to learn more about the clarinet and other cultures. In a Facebook post this past week, we found out that the ICA is represented in dozens of different countries from around the world, which you can see on the map below. (Keep in mind that this was an informal study limited by those who chose to comment on this Facebook post, and we haveRead More →

As part of the ICA mission to create a community of clarinetists from around the world, we decided to translate “clarinet” into as many languages as possible. We used Google Translate for this, so please let us know if there are any mistakes in your languages and we will correct them. Several words are used in multiple languages, and we have not included all language origins for every translation. If there is a language you would like added, leave a comment below or contact us so we can add it to the list.   klarinet (Afrikaans) kalrinetë (Albanian) ክላስተር (Amharic) مزمار (Arabic) կլարնետ (Armenian) klarinetea (Basque)Read More →

How many of you reading this article have taken time to explore the ICA website? There is a veritable treasure trove of resources available for both members and non-members of the ICA on our website. Here are just a few of the features: Links to online resources. You can find links to clarinet associations from around the world such as commercial clarinet companies, instrument insurance, equipment manufacturers, accessories retailers, clarinet ensembles, and sheet music publishers – just to name a few. James Gillespie Online Resources Library. Members of the ICA have access to PDF versions of every single issue of The Clarinet journal, and youRead More →